Cornell's Digital Earth, contains
an interactive map of the world that provides geological information about
the earth's surface and interior (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
a site developed by the University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, it contains a lot of introductory meteorological information
(from
Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
Earth Observatory, from
NASA, this site provides
Web-based satellite imagery and scientific information that may be freely
accessed about our planet
Earth
Viewer, real-time image of Earth from space,
can zoom into a given area.
Electronic Volcano, maps, photographs, full text
dissertations, and other documents on active volcanoes worldwide; guide to
library resources or resources on other information servers
EROS Data Center: Earth
Resources Observation Systems, a site from the U. S. Geological Service
that distributes satellite images, aerial maps and digital maps that
record land surface phenomena (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
GSA Today, Geological Society of America publication.
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Geological Time
Machine, information on geologic time
periods from the University of California at Berkeley.
Geology by Lightplane, pictures, illustrating
geological concepts, taken from a small plane
Geophysics on the Internet,
authored by University of Houston geosciences professor John C. Butler,
this site contains general information about basic concepts such as Acrobat
Reader and information about geophysics (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Hydrology Web, searchable list maintained at the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Environmental Technology Division
Links for
Mineralogists, a site at the University of Wurzberg, this is an impressive
annotated guided to Web resources available for mineralogists and geoscienctists
in general (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Meteorology:
The Online Guide, a site at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
this provides weather information for students from elementary school through
college (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Mineral Gallery, searchable mineralogical data, and
other information of interest to students and rock hounds
Mineralogy Database, this
site is David Barthelmy's creation and is a comprehensive Internet mineralogy
database beneficial to students and professionals in the area (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Minerals Information
Statistical Compendium,
consistent set of official, long-term (20 years or more) data series through
1990 for selected commodities to facilitate analysis of long-term trends in
these mineral sectors
Paleomap Project, this is a good
site for people at all levels of geology. It contains map reconstruct
ions for various geological eras. (From Choice, Aug., 2000
Supplement).
Review and Atlas of
Paleovegetation, a site that presents evidence from botany paleontology
and other areas assembled into maps spanning the last 18,000 years (from
Choice,
Supplement 37).
UCB Earth Sciences
and Map Library, a site from UC, Berkeley, it provides students, faculty
and professionals with a very good set of geography and GIS/map resources
(from Choice,
Aug., 2000 Supplement)
US Gazetter--for place names and locations, from the
US Census Bureau.
US Geological Survey, information to describe and
understand the Earth; science topics: biology, geology, mapping, and water
USGS Fact Sheets, these fact sheets summarize research and investigations of
the USGS, or provide details about particular activities
USGS Mineral Resources Program, provides and
communicates current information on the occurrence, quality, quantity, and
availability of mineral resources
University Water Information Network, disseminates
information of interest to the water resources community and all concerned
with water resources
Updated Atlas
Maps, assembled by Dr. Johnathan Adams, this site presents charts of
past global climate records (from Choice, Supplement 37).
Virtual Geosciences
Professor, this site contains a comprehensive group of online courses
that use the Web to provide geoscience content (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
